What people think about the TomTom XL 330S: (BETA!)
We compute this summary by analyzing 321 reviews from across the web.
price
0.5
- The price is too high
- The price is too high, especially without integrated Bluetooth
- tom tom brand is high pricey
- tom tom brand is high pricey,but seem like not quaility
- Price and color are the key to consumers not to buy
- Decent product, but the price is very compareable to what you can find locally almost anywhere
- Price is a little high but find it on sale, no case
- No carrying case,did purchase a generic case
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performance
4
- Route recalculations could be a little faster
- and it will lag a little
- very fast
- very fast, got a GPS fix within seconds the first time i turned it on, easy to navigate, quick redirection and BIG SCREEN
- Quick routing
- Great nave and fast recaluating a different route
memory
3
- Memory is too small
- It doesn't have expandable memory
- just plugging it in to your computer
- I like the expandable memory
- I have owned a Garmin Nuvi 750, I like the expandable memory, but I really hate the 89.99 dollar up date software that you have to get for it in order to keep it up to date
- You plug it into your computer and it automatically updates its self no ninety dollar cds
LCD
5
- The screen demonstration effect is not too good
- Screen is bright enough, lots of features andf easy to operate
- Large screen and changes from Daylight colors to night colors by itself
- quick redirection and BIG SCREEN
- With a few taps of the screen
- Easy to view screen, easy to operate touch screen buttons
- Large Screen
- Large Screen, Easy to Update, Many Useful Features
- Wide Screen
- Screen
- Love the bright 4.3 screen
- Large screen, simple to program route
- Screen size
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menu
0.5
- menu navigation takes awhile to understand
usability
5
- The TomTom XL 330S offers accurate directions with text-to-speech functionality and is easy to use
- easy to update
- Easy to use interface
- Easy to use, highly accurate, big screen, Map Share
- easy to navigate
- The TomTom is three thousand times easier to use than the Garmin and the Magellan
- It was so simple to operate that I never even read the directions
- POI's are very easy to use
- POI's are very easy to use, and I had no trouble finding hot spots near the condo
- easy install
- The usage is more simple
- How easy it is to use
- sleek and easy to use
- ease to use
- Easy port
- very detailed maps and easy to use update software
- Very easy to use and maps are up todate and very acuatre
- This unit is so easy to use right out of the box
- Simple to use
- Extremely easy to use
- Easy to use right out of the box
- easy to use
- simple to program route
- Very easy to use
- Very easy to use, Portable
- So easy to use
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maps
3
- Kind of hard to read the map
- It looses GPS connection very easily
- sometimes in clear weather conditions
- It looses GPS connection very easily, sometimes in clear weather conditions
- It doesn't have a GPS connection in my house (iphone does)
- got a GPS fix within seconds the first time i turned it on
- I would never ever go back to any other GPS unit after having my TomTom
- I realized I didn't have a map
- On a trip from MS to Fort Walton Beach, I realized I didn't have a map
- and I was impressed with how it even showed the curves in the road ahead
- It doesn't have a GPS connection in my house (iphone does), and, after I go outside, it takes more than 10 minutes (no exaggaration
- to get GPS connection
- No expansion slot for additional maps
- Like every GPS unit it shows "ghost roads" or roads that aren't there but every other one I've owned did the same thing
- but again all GPS units do it
- Like every GPS unit it shows "ghost roads" or roads that aren't there but every other one I've owned did the same thing, and it will lag a little, after you take the turn it wants you to or you drive by it and it is recalculating it takes about a second till it catches up with what you are doing, but again all GPS units do it, so there is no getting around that
- It was smooth operating, and I was impressed with how it even showed the curves in the road ahead
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- very effective gps which shows ever map clearly
- Smart navigation system whit latest map
- Excellent directions and quick map re-routes
- The map updates quickly when you make the wrong turn giving you a new route
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interface
5
- User freindly
- User freindly,
- Ease of use**Computer Interface**accuracy
screen
3
- Unit constantly tries to send me on roads that don't exist
- Unit constantly tries to send me on roads that don't exist, backwards on one way streets, and in one case already, across a foot bridge
- In cold weather the mount doesn't like to stick to the window because when you blast the cold window with hot air the mount simply expands and falls off
- In cold weather the mount doesn't like to stick to the window because when you blast the cold window with hot air the mount simply expands and falls off, all I did was grab the dash mount that was supplied and stuck it on my dash
- Unit locks up and continues to re-boot
- great device
- i dont know why this device is getting poor reviews
- LOVE IT, great device, i dont know why this device is getting poor reviews, i tried garmin and magellan before, tomtom beats them in any way
- You can even get traffic updates sent to the unit
- Accurate, solid construction but not heavy, window suction cup attachment is excellent for attaching unit to windshield
- Unit locks up and continues to re-boot, unuseable
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voice guidance
1.5
- it gave me a voice command to turn left
- It told me to take the first right, and once I did, it gave me a voice command to turn left
- voice not clear
- The voice commands were easy to follow
- The voice commands were easy to follow, with plenty of instruction of how far the next turn was, which direction, and even which lane to be in
image quality
5
- High quality and good services
battery
0.5
- Battery's life is not long
- Short duration battery
- battery life a little short for me
- The "three hour" battery estimate is suspect
size
1
- a little pricey
- Does not come with carrying case, a little pricey
- Is a little big in size
- Does a poor job planning a trip of any length that does not have an interstate
- not too big that distracts from road
- Goes with me, not too big that distracts from road
lens
5
- SUPPORT OR CONTACT WARRANTY SUPPORT
- SUPPORT OR CONTACT WARRANTY SUPPORT,,,WAS AN
connectivity
0.5
- especially without integrated Bluetooth
- USB jack in bad position
- USB jack in bad position, no blue tooth
zoom
5
- how to change the zoom and how to change the volume
- With a few taps of the screen, I learned how to navigate through the menues, how to change the zoom and how to change the volume
energy efficiency
0.5
- The mini USB port/power connector is difficult to access
sound
3
- TOM SHOULD BE OUT THE RING
- TOM SHOULD BE OUT THE RING,NO COMPETITION WHAT
- Sound Quality
- Sound Quality, Screen
reception
1.5
- Takes a loooong time to pick up a satellite signal
- 1- GPS reception is very week and very slow
- long time to find signal
- no text to talk, long time to find signal
- Can't get GPS signal
- It only takes fifteen seconds to find a GPS signal even in snow
- you only need to have three satellites for a solid signal mine has always found ten
- It only takes fifteen seconds to find a GPS signal even in snow, rain, and overcast, you only need to have three satellites for a solid signal mine has always found ten
- signal